Screeni runs your kid's screen day: schedules for school days, weekends and holidays, with chores that earn extra minutes. taskr only cares about chores. If one misses its deadline, the apps you picked lock until you approve a photo.
Screeni, by Luis Carlos Garza Cisneros, is a schedule-first screen time app. You set rules by day type, and it detects national holidays in the US, Mexico and Brazil on its own. Chores add minutes, with optional photo proof, and apps are blocked at the system level when time runs out. It has a real free tier, and it's built on the same Apple framework as taskr. taskr has no schedules. It adds one thing to whatever screen time rules you already have.
Screeni details are from its own App Store listing, read in November 2026. We make taskr. Both products change, so verify anything that would decide it for you.
Feature
taskr
Screeni
Only once a chore passes its deadline. On time, nothing locks
When the day's time runs out, or a schedule or break says so
You approve a photo of the finished chore
You approve a task and minutes are added
Yes, on every chore
Optional
None. Apple's own limits keep working alongside taskr
School, weekend, holiday and vacation rules, with holiday detection
First two weeks free, then Pro
Free for 1 child, 3 tasks and 2 breaks
Family code, plus your kid in your Apple family
6-digit code, no Apple ID required
iOS 16 or later
iOS 18 or later
Free to try; Pro $9.99/mo or $49.99/yr, first two weeks free
Free tier; Pro listed at $4.99 and $39.99
Screen time structure. If your question is when your kid can use their phone, Screeni answers it better than taskr, which doesn't try. Its day-type schedules, rest breaks and automatic holiday handling are thoughtful, and its live view of each child's status is useful for a parent.
Getting started. A free tier with one child and three tasks lets you try the whole idea without paying, and Pro is listed below taskr Pro. It also lets you invite a co-parent to manage things with you.
A schedule answers one question: is this a time when screens are allowed? It doesn't know whether the dog got walked. Screeni bridges that with chores that earn minutes, but a kid who's still inside their allowed window can leave the chore for later without anything happening.
taskr answers a different question: was this job done by the time you said? A chore that's late locks apps even if your kid has time left on every other rule. Used together with Apple's Screen Time, it covers the part schedules can't see. Pick by which fight you're actually having.
Yes, there's a free tier covering 1 child, 3 tasks and 2 breaks, with full screen time control included. As of November 2026, Pro is listed at $4.99 and $39.99, and adds unlimited children, tasks and breaks, smart schedules, vacation mode, widgets and Live Activity.
Its listing says kids join with a 6-digit code and no Apple ID is required. taskr also uses a family code, but your kid has to be a child member of your Apple family so iOS can stop them from removing it.
As of November 2026, iOS 18 or later. taskr's Screen Time features need iOS 16 or later.
ScreenTreat is close if you want tasks plus limits and bedtime. taskr is the alternative if chores are the real problem, not schedules.
Screeni manages when screens are allowed, and chores add minutes. taskr has no schedules: a chore that misses its due time locks the apps you picked until you approve a photo.
See taskr vs. ChoreKey, ChoreLocks, Carrots&Cake, Chore Champ, ScreenTreat, ScreenCoach, Earn Screen Time, ScreenChore, Piggy. Or read the full roundup of parental control apps that lock a phone until chores are done, or how taskr works.
Free to try on the App Store. iPhone and iPad. Built on Apple Family Controls.